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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search forpositiveness” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

18 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
positiveness175647(None) 
costiveness1648192cos_tiveness
positivenesses1965942positivenesses
punitiveness1755352punitiveness
festiveness1748213fes_tiveness
fugitiveness1964013fugitiveness
passiveness1646263pas_siveness
plaintiveness1854073plaintiveness
politeness1247983polit__eness
positives1459173positiv__e_s
positivest1544903positiv__est
primitiveness2054543primitiveness
promotiveness2053903promotiveness
resistiveness1656013resistiveness
restiveness1449643res_tiveness
sensitiveness1655793sensitiveness
sportiveness1766963spo_rtiveness
votiveness1646343vo__tiveness

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691950240.1231452772.4
2DLD Change Limit95024184.33021945.5
3Display Results18180.0131384.6
 (SQL Overall)178691184.46640011.4